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Emily Haines

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Singer-songwriter

Emily Haines, born on January 25, 1974, is a talented singer-songwriter known for her eclectic musical style, which blends elements of indie rock, electronic music, and pop. Renowned for her distinctive voice and profound lyrics, Haines' work has earned her acclaim in the music industry and among fans worldwide.

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“For as long as I can remember, I have written songs because I wanted to, because I was experiencing something that couldn't be described except through a sound.”

Long I Can Wanted Remember Song Sound Written Experiencing Something

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“Until the day we die, our lives are unwritten, which is sometimes a terrifying thought.”

Sometimes Dies Our Lives Unwritten

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“Life is passing you by as you speak, you're on a path and you're all on the same path toward death.”

Life Is Speak Path Passing Passings

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“The nature of making music and making art, what motivates me is that it's interesting. It's interesting to listen, to really listen to other people's point-of-view. Take in their work. Listen to the way they sing. Listen to the way they write lyrics. What they are trying to express.”

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“I love to read about music and about art, but I don't try and take things about mythology or guidelines as to how I'm to behave as an artist. It's the realm of intellectual debate. Actually, more and more my direction is trying to get further away from being self-conscious of what the parameters are of the mainstream, where it intersects with the underground.”

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“I am really inspired by writers, and weirdly - respect music journalists, which I think makes me the exception amongst most musicians. I think it's a craft. I think it's been really neglected - sadly. I think about the days of the great legendary rock critics. Who's going to become that when magazines and newspapers don't pay anyone properly or don't seem to respect the history or research that is required?”

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“Being alive and understanding that and making the decision to actually live take a lot of courage.”

Understanding Decision Alive

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“Lots of people take the option of not activating their own life, of really letting it happen.”

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“I just write what comes to me. I didn't sit down and say ok, here is my statement. It's just a song that has a shout out.”

Writing Song Down And Statements Shout Out

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“The architecture of the song, if it's built properly, can withstand all kinds of things.”

Ifs Kind Song Built Architecture All Kinds

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“I don't really write journals and stuff and then adapt them to music, it's completely within the form of the song. My great obsession and basically the bane of my existence is caring probably too much about every word, but it's too late to change my career path.”

Writing Form Song Stuff Existence Careers Path Too Much Late Caring Obsession Too Late Journal Bane Career Path

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“Oftentimes the most produced and synth-tastic songs are the ones that end up sounding the best acoustic.”

Ends Song Acoustics

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“[When] you're a writer, you know that a lot of times you have to sneak up on yourself in order to achieve what you want to achieve, and sometimes you don't even know what it is until you've done it.”

Knows Want Sometimes Done Order Achieve What You Want Sneak

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“But its crazy - like ten percent a year increase of children taking fucking anti-depressants. Pre-schoolers are like, the most prescribed. That makes me so mad!”

Years Children Crazy Ten Percent Increase Mad Depressants

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“I mean that's really depressing man. Of course, the kids are freaking out. They watch cartoons and sit in front of the television and their parents are just probably yuppies who focus their entire lives around the child. The child has no sense of context, no sense of what world they are inhabiting-just like this Disnified bag of Cheerios reality. Don't give them a @#$%& pill! God! Take them out on a canoe already! You know what I mean?”

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“I have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was born in India but I was raised in Canada. But all my extended family is American, I've held an American passport and I've spent my whole adult life in between New York and LA. So I feel like an American... and I also feel like a Canadian! I wish more people were dual citizens and then I wouldn't feel like such a freak.”

People Feels Whole Wish Born New York Identity Citizens Adults India Crisis Raised Canada Freak Passports Whole Family Identity Crisis Extended Family

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“It's very hard to separate what is a conscious decision and what's not.”

Hard Decision Conscious

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“The writing process is very much like being in a dark tunnel, and you don't really know what you will end up with until you have created it.”

Knows Writing Ends Process Dark Writing Process Tunnels

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“Sometimes it's better to live through someone's work than the person themselves, and to realise that every human being is flawed, but through art they can be perfect.”

Humans Persons Art Sometimes Human Beings Perfect Realising Flawed

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“I think that every band is different, and in fact that's one of the biggest problems with the old-school music industry is that... one band would be successful according to a certain approach, and then every other band in the label gets sent down the same tube.”

Thinking Different Facts Problem Would Be School Certain Successful Industry Band Approach Labels Being Successful Music Industry Tubes Old School

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“I think every musician is different, every artist is different, and in a perfect world people would be able to pursue their own path and have the inspiration and the drive to, and the energy and dedication to take their path to its fruition. I don't really believe in formulas.”

People Thinking World Believe Different Inspiration Would Be Able Artist Energy Perfect Path Musician Pursue Formulas Dedication A Perfect World Fruition

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“It's a strange life... you really don't know how you will impact people or how things will play out.”

People Knows Play Know How Strange Impact

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“I do like touring but my life sort of starts to fall apart under it after a certain point. So you just have to stop. And it's hard to.”

Hard Certain Fall Falling Apart Touring

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“I really love traveling, I love playing.”

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“I try not to focus on the gender issue too much but I think you have to acknowledge it in order for it to go away.”

Thinking Trying Order Issues Too Much Focus Gender Acknowledge Going Away Gender Issues

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“I'm a chick for sure.”

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“Certain audiences get the double meaning and some of the references and ironies, but there's definitely been shows where I feel like I'm not doing it well enough for it to come across as anything other than "oh, she's hot and she's dancing."”

Feels Wells Enough Shows Certain Audience Hot Dancing Irony Double Meaning

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“It's not my fault that people are perverts.”

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“I think a sexual energy is a positive energy.”

Thinking Energy Positive Energy

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“That's the main work that I've done in my life - really wanting to get past that gender trap where there's a certain nudity in poetry. It's not about showing my soul, it's about observations.”

Soul Done Past Certain Gender Observation My Soul Traps Nudity

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“I think if I were living in a utopian world, then it wouldn't be political commentary; it would be about daffodils.”

Ifs Thinking World Would Be Political Commentary Utopian Daffodil

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“I have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was born in India but I was raised in Canada.”

Whole Born Identity Citizens India Crisis Raised Canada Whole Family Identity Crisis

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“I always felt like I had to leave Canada, which I think is a common perspective - feeling as if you have to leave because otherwise you'll be too soft, and that objective reality exists in America. And I'm starting to feel like that doesn't have to be the case.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Feelings Reality America Felt Common Cases Perspective Starting Objectives Canada Objective Reality

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“There are lots of people in the world whose existence doesn't revolve around American culture.”

People World Culture Existence American Culture

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“In Canada there's an extensive grant system that really allows people to make their work without having to suffer that much, and I'm staring to come around on that, that maybe people don't have to suffer. Maybe you can just not be unhappy and make beautiful music in Canada, maybe that's ok.”

People Beautiful Suffering Unhappy Staring Canada Grants Beautiful Music

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“The things that I've seen where people are trying to change the definition of what a band has to be, those are the things that end up being inspiring.”

People Trying Ends Band Definitions Trying To Change

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“You don't want to be conscious of everything.”

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“Of course there are influences, of course there are things that are inspiring, but it's weird to think that I'm trying to keep a mental inventory of them and report them clearly to whomever might ask.”

Thinking Trying Might Courses Asks Influence Reports Inventory

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“You feel like you're trying to show off your cool by mentioning the five bands that you know are great and the five books that will reflect well on you. I can't do it. I should take the time to but I don't want to take the time to do that.”

Knows Want Feels Should Trying Wells I Can Book Shows Five Like You Band Showing Off

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“I like the idea of interviews where you just talk about stuff instead of where it's my chance to talk to my public through something else.”

Ideas Stuff Chance Interviews

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“In my imaginary utopian world there would be a greater allegiance between music writers and musicians.”

World Would Be Greater Musician Imaginary Allegiance Utopian

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“Generally I try to read anything but indie rock journalism or anything about music at all, especially in the summer.”

Trying Rocks Summer Journalism Indie Rock

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“[When I happen to] read interviews where people are such pros and they come out looking so good, [it comes off as] a little smug or something.”

People Littles Happens Interviews

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“This is the thing I've noticed is that the greater the distance between you and any ordinary task is the measurement of how much rockstar potential you have.”

Greater Ordinary Tasks Distance Measurement Rockstars

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“The complete self-absorption, and childish indulgence and disregard, and having to feel as though everything you're doing is so people can live vicariously through you, so you have to pursue more and more unpleasant pastimes in order to satisfy the armchair people. That's a kind of scary existence.”

People Feels Kind Self Order Existence Scary Pursue Indulgence Disregard Pastime Absorption Self Absorption Armchairs

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“I think more like Charlie Chaplin than like Jennifer Anniston.”

Thinking Charlie Jennifer Chaplin

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“We don't have T-shirts with my face, but there I can see the beginnings, especially young girls seeing me as sort of a icon in that way. And in that regard I'm more than happy to step in.”

Way I Can Faces Young Girl Steps Seeing Regard Shirts T Shirt Icons

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“I like the idea that you would participate in mainstream culture, especially for young girls and young kids who are looking for an alternative. It's not that I'm superior, but I know that my heart is in it more than people who get into music for other reasons.”

People Knows Heart Ideas Reason Kids Young Culture Girl My Heart Superiors Alternatives Mainstream Mainstream Culture

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“I see how 14-year old girls react to me and I think I'm a good role model. Rockstar maybe not, but I'm willing to play with it for a little while, until my hair gets gray.”

Thinking Years Littles Play Girl Roles Willing Hair Models Gray Role Models Rockstars Good Role Models

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“Believe in the power of songs.”

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About the Author

Born: January 25, 1974
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 51

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